Etiquette - September 2007

2007-09-20 09:59:41 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

I ask this question sincerely, and do not by any means intend to offend anyone or to sound sarcastic.

That being said, I realize that it is a sensative issue by refering to people with this kind of disability period. To retard is define as to slow, and people with retardation are by nature slowed, albeit not by their own choice. To give a flowery name is not helping the person with retardation, and in a sense does them a diservice by refering to them by non-specific names, as their needs cannon be readily identified through indirect human interaction.

So, what's the big deal? I have a cousin with retardation, and I'm not ashamed of her. As long as the word is not used in a derrogatory sense, what is the big deal?

2007-09-20 09:57:01 · 9 answers · asked by YahooAnswers 5

product. chose one of them and please tell why!

2007-09-20 09:01:56 · 13 answers · asked by Elias W 1

I use the term supervisor loosely because technically I dont work for her I work with her. I am enrolled in the work study program at my school and I have a job as a secretary, kind of. The lady that I report to is the real secretary of the department. She is always giving me her work and trying to make it seem like, I am her assistant. She's cool when its just us but when other people are around she tries to make herself seem like she has authority over me. She starts barking out orders and cutting me off every time I try to speak. And she always wants me to do like a million things at one time. I have no problem with her being my "boss" but I guess I am just tired of her acting like I am just the help when other people are around. I think she does it because she wants to feel important. I am not sure if I should go to the head of the work study program at my school or speak with the head of the department I work for. If I go to the WS head then I will more then likely be reassigned.

2007-09-20 08:40:24 · 12 answers · asked by MJMGrand 6

I know it's fashionable for youth to speak their minds, but what do you do about the ones who insult, are rude, and have parents who "defend" them.

2007-09-20 08:23:12 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-20 08:19:59 · 9 answers · asked by : 6

I'v just got back to work after 3 weeks leave to find that the desks at our office have been rearanged and I'm now forced to work within very close proximity to a guy who...well, to put it bluntly must be eating dog t*rd for breakfast because his breath is absolutely nausiating, but thats not all...when the weather is nice he cycles to work and works up a bit of a sweat but by the time he geys to his desk he stinks.
I don't think I can take anymore....

2007-09-20 08:08:01 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a ring, but no proposal. He slid the ring on my finger, but never said "will you marry me?" I am known by his family as his fiance. Here is my original question:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AvmqWPRWWr1ou3TACzz_F6Psy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20070920065831AAUmab2

2007-09-20 08:01:36 · 17 answers · asked by love 6

...and the waitress spilled my soup on me because, apparently, she can't balance things very well when she's so pregnant. Was I wrong to not give her a tip? My wife said I was rude to not tip her. I should add that not only did she spill it on me, but she cried and fussed about it. How embarrassing is that?!

2007-09-20 07:43:49 · 30 answers · asked by Drake the Deist 2

Such as when you admit to doing something silly..I find people are not as angry when they find you tell them honestly what/why you did something.

2007-09-20 07:33:20 · 7 answers · asked by xwheres_homex 2

Yes, parents are always going to brag about their kids at work, and to be quite honest, they have a right to. However, my mom says this woman (we'll call her Jane) brags about things that she probably shouldn't be bragging about. Apparently, Jane has two sons who are very into and "very good at" (according to her) baseball and wrestling. One day Jane was telling my mom and their co-workers about how one of her sons had failed a class and the teachers told her he'd have to go to summer school. But then, Jane also added "And I told them to shove it because it would cut into his baseball season and colleges look down on that sort of thing! Baseball is the only thing he's got going for him! I'm so proud of my baby!". She also brags that her other son has a scholarship to his university because he doesn't have peripheral vision in one eye..... Correct me if I'm wrong, but I didn't know that's something one usually brags about.

Jane obviously drives my mom crazy! Any advice for her?

2007-09-20 07:27:01 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

i seem to have gotten incredibly rude ones this semester. i act professionally and mature and they don't! why!? what do i do?

2007-09-20 07:14:04 · 14 answers · asked by . 2

1.I can't gain weight
2.I want a bigger butt

2007-09-20 06:39:04 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

People are always asking me to speak up louder, and some talk over me when I 'm speaking ...is that rude? Is it me? Does that mean I come across as someone who is a doormat or unimportant?

2007-09-20 05:58:27 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

i feel like a hostage in my own home & am having bad thoughts like i wish he'd go in his house and keel over. what a relief that would be for my family. if i go outside, he stares me down. if we work in yard, he points his chair this way to get a better view. needless to say, i don't work in my yard anymore because i am a private person. i wish he'd leave me alone. i've made it clear i don't like him. if i see him crossing hte street, i will run inside and make the kids get the door and say i'm busy. he checks his watch when we leave and come home. if we go on bikes, he shuffles out to the street to watch till we turn. he was getting my mail, and hollering for me to come ge it. then he got attitude cuz i wouldn't go get it, i sent my son and he got ugly with my kid asking him "why didn't you mom come, is she scared of me? aren't you going to say thank you?" i told the postmaster about it, hopefully that will stop. he drinks beer all day. yesterday, i flipped him off.

2007-09-20 05:52:03 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

I work with two coworkers everyday and they're a couple (boyfriend&girlfriend).....well you can imagine what I'm going through. The girl always go outside to smoke for like 20 minutes......yesterday she went to sit forever in the backroom eating an ice cream....I told her If I find her there again...I will send her home. She got pissed.....They're always touching each other.......

I mean I'm just sick of this.....I told my boss to split them up but I don't think that's going to happen......so tell me should I call HR....tell the big supervisor....or what?.......I'm sick of them driving me crazy!!!

2007-09-20 05:51:48 · 13 answers · asked by Bibi 5

I work in an office with another group of people who rent in the office down the hall. They work for us, but are practically a seperate entity. The boss of the other group (we'll call him Joe) is an older man (60s) who doesn't seem to know boundaries. I sit diagonally from the president's office and I guess I'm what you'd call the last defense. Joe routinely blows right by me and just sticks his head into the office to see what Pres. is doing. He also walks into the VP office too, without knocking or pausing or anything. I have to routinely have to monitor him when he starts walking down the hall to the office. And I practically yell at him to stop because Pres. is in a meeting, on the phone, etc.
We've even put up a "Authorized Personnel Only" sign in the small lobby in front of the main desks to try to deter him (It was mainly used for our other reps. and wholesalers to prevent wandering). He just passes right by, he even laughed when we first put it up. My boss is completely aware.

2007-09-20 05:46:40 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

I work with around 40 people at a doctor's office in a urgent care setting. Therefore I do not see everyone all the time. There are a few that I am close with outside of work who will automatically get a mailed invite. The others who I work with, I am not close with them at work or dont really ever see. Do I have to invite them? Females can be so catty and gossip and I dont want to hurt anyone feelings (if that would happen at all).
If I worked in seperate departments it would be different but we dont have that here. Most of the females here that i dont talk to outside of work would only come to be nosey since thats how they are.

2007-09-20 05:41:05 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have an interview tomorrow. I have two really nice suits, a Red one that is smooth in texture, and a Light Green tweed one. The red one fits better. Is it too bold to wear red to an interview as long as my shoes are tan and I'm not in all red? The interview is for a receptionist in an upscale medical practice.

2007-09-20 05:34:31 · 11 answers · asked by TennesseeGirl 2

Is it me, or has that been dead and buried? It seems like service has gone to the hills and everyone is rude.

2007-09-20 05:17:32 · 7 answers · asked by Jen2U 3

I make it a point to put the money or my debit card in her hand but she always lays my change and my debit card on the counter. I never intenionally lay my money down anyways but I started making sure of it because of this. I have a cast on my arm because I broke my wrist a few weeks ago and it is really hard to pick money and cards up off the counter when she lays it down there. I have not said anything to her about it because I dont want to make a scence, should I bring it up to her first or mention it to her manager?

2007-09-20 05:15:55 · 12 answers · asked by MJMGrand 6

2007-09-20 04:50:04 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

I find that people have a false image of them selves.
example; their suppose good looks, inteligence,singing voice.
etc. Do you find any one close to you' have grand illusions

2007-09-20 04:34:16 · 16 answers · asked by denis9705 5

I am from California, but currently live in Slidell, LA. One day in my town, I was pulling out of my subdivision, and I apparently was tail-end to a funeral procession. I noticed that as I followed behind them, people on the opposite side of the street had stopped in the middle of traffic until the procession passed them by. It seemed like the cars that had stopped were sporatic, and others had actually driven around some of them. I believe the person who had passed away was a police officer. I guess I'd like to know, what was the reason they pulled over on the other side of the street? Was it a southern thing, or a military/police kind of thing? I'm not sure, but would love to know!!!

2007-09-20 04:26:19 · 21 answers · asked by candeelux 2

I'm left handed and ever since I remember it hurt....like in the middle of my hand...but sometimes it doesn't....I have to go slooooow.
Hm...=/

2007-09-20 04:23:27 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

People are busy doing there day to day assignments. I want to know how some of them take care of themselves to stay healthy.

2007-09-20 04:04:54 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I think it would be safe to say that it's definitly a lot of very young people.........with that said, i was just at their website looking for something in order to answer someones question. should i send them an e- mail asking them why they choose to show "light porn" on their website?

did you notice at the end they mentioned something about "back to school".................what the hell did that light porn have to do with back to school? then people wonder why there's too many teenage pregnancies.

http://www.abercrombie.com/anf/lifestyles/html/newfaces.html

2007-09-20 04:02:34 · 4 answers · asked by WHOISTHEPUPPETMASTER? 5

Two guys looking at a girl in a gym and one of them commenting to the other about how "hot"or good looking she is while they are both watching.

2007-09-20 03:59:51 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

I work in healthcare and am constantly reminding my nurse aides NOT to do this to people. They think it is no big deal, but I can't stand for them to talk to people this way. Am I wrong?

2007-09-20 03:38:16 · 43 answers · asked by pink 6

The first time I met her was in June when she was in the hospital, and she was so out of her head that she didn't know anybody. She's ok now and back in the nursing home. My husband says sometimes she knows the family, other times not, but I still feel like we should get her something for Christmas. What do we get her? I'll have to do the shopping, my husband won't.

2007-09-20 03:37:46 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous